Use of In-Vitro Fertilization Rises
In States With Insurance Coverage

In-vitro fertility treatments in the U.S. are performed about three times as often per capita in states requiring health-insurance coverage for the costly procedure, researchers reported.

The researchers also found that in states where women pay for their own treatments, they were more likely to get pregnant. However, in these states, treatments more often resulted in multiple births, with greater potential for physical and mental disabilities in the newborns. The study appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine.